But Grande may have also been sharing some more subtle hints about the project's message. Looking back at her previous three albums — 2013's Yours Truly, 2014's My Everything, and 2016's Dangerous Woman — you may have noticed that the album artwork is entirely in black and white. That's a stark contrast from the Sweetener cover she revealed earlier this week, a bright, sunny, full-color headshot of Grande looking wide-eyed into the distance.

Now, this could just mean Grande has merely tired of her black and white aesthetic and is embracing a new era of imagery, but it could also symbolize the broader meaning behind Sweetener. When she appeared on The Tonight Show in May, Grande said the LP was about "bringing light to a situation or somebody's life who brings a light to your life," and Sweetener seems to represent that verbatim. Like, she has a song literally titled "The Light Is Coming." It doesn't get more direct than that.